Re: Netflix responds to Verizon's absurd cease and desist

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Hubrisnxs wrote:

Netflix is trying to get Co Location services for free and free bandwidth.

 

I use netflix and I actually Like Netflix services BETTER than Verizon's. 

 

But let's call a spade a spade here.

 

 

 

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The agreement in Open Connect is that Netflix installs and maintains the hardware at no cost to the ISP, things like cache boxes that help them ensure video streams smoothly and in high quality. The big three US ISPs all refused that arrangement.  (Soon to be two if Comcast is successful in buying enough votes to get the OK on the TWC acquisition).

 

Part of this is no doubt ISPs looking to extract rents, as “natural” monopoly owners that is their capitalist right until the FCC deems them utilities and they are subject to regulation.

 

But another issue is network management. Comcast and FIOS are in many ways a competitor with Netflix. They don't want you using Netflix, they have competing streaming products that they want you to pay for. This where all the net neutrality accusations come from. FIOS Redbox conveniently directly tied to the FIOS network. Netflix…hmm maybe we won’t worry about those CDN ports that we know are saturated. They want the same direct connect as Redbox? Forget it, we own Redbox and it needs help!